Elizabeth L. Cobbs MD is Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, at the George Washington University. She is a physician clinician-educator partnering with regional healthcare and education systems to foster sustainable health professional education in caring for older adults and those living with serious illness. She is Program Director for the GW Geriatric Medicine Fellowship and founder of the GW Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship. She served as Principle Investigator for the Washington DC Geriatric Education Center Consortium and Chief of Geriatrics, Extended Care and Palliative Care, Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Christina P. Prather MD is a physician clinician-educator-researcher at the George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC. She is a geriatrician and hospice/palliative medicine physician with expertise in memory care, health systems leadership, medical education, and acute care for the older adult. She serves as Director of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and curricular lead for aging at the GWU School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She co-founded the GW Institute for Brain Health and Dementia and is its clinical director.